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洋食

ようしょく

Western food

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Examples

  1. 今日は洋食にしましょう。

    きょうはようしょくにしましょう。

    Let's have Western food today.

  2. 子どもは洋食が好きです。

    こどもはようしょくがすきです。

    Children like Western food.

  3. あの店は洋食が中心ですが、和食もあります。

    あのみせはようしょくがちゅうしんですが、わしょくもあります。

    That restaurant is mainly Western food, but it has Japanese dishes too.

Common patterns

洋食屋
Western-style restaurant
洋食を作る
to cook Western food
洋食が好きだ
to like Western food

Memory tip

洋 means "ocean", hence "from overseas, Western" — compare 洋服 (Western clothes). In Japan 洋食 usually means Western dishes remade for Japanese taste, such as curry rice or hamburg steak, rather than authentic French or Italian cooking.

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